Link Report for Tue. 6/1 -- Huntsville's Bowman exits in 1st (Batted ball back to the mound)

[battlekow]

Final: Nashville 5, Albuquerque 4

First-place score another last at-bat win

Nashville Sounds

 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Sounds scored four runs with two outs

in the bottom of the ninth inning to hang a 5-4 defeat on the visiting

Albuquerque Isotopes on Tuesday evening at historic Greer Stadium in the

opener of a four-game series.

 

Adam Heether raced home on Norris Hopper's game-winning infield single

for Nashville, which scored five unanswered runs in the game's final two

frames.

 

 

The Sounds (30-21) claimed their 12th last at-bat victory of the year

and the club's fourth last at-bat triumph of the five games during their

current homestand.

 

 

Trailing 4-1 entering the bottom of the ninth, Nashville rallied to

record the victory against Scott Dohmann (0-1), who blew his second save

of the year.

 

 

After the next two batters of the frame were retired, Ray Olmedo ripped a

two-out, two-run single up the middle to pull the Sounds within a run

at 4-3.

 

 

After Dohmann walked Heether and hit Joe Koshansky with a pitch to load

the bags to push the potential tying and winning runs into scoring

position, the Albuquerque right-hander uncorked a wild pitch that

allowed Olmedo to scamper home with the tying run.

 

 

Hopper, who flew out with the bases loaded to end the eighth inning for

Nashville, came through with the bags full in the ninth as he followed

with his game-ending infield single to deep second.

 

 

Chris Smith (2-1) was the beneficiary of the late Sounds rally, picking

up the win following a scoreless top of the ninth.

 

 

Albuquerque took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning against

Sounds spot starter Mike McClendon. Lucas May led off with a walk and

stole second before later scoring on a double play groundout.

 

 

The Isotopes upped their advantage to 3-0 in the fifth. Jamie Hoffmann

(3-for-4) and Ramon Nivar started the frame with back-to-back singles

off McClendon. After each moved up on a groundout, Albuquerque starting

pitcher Seth Etherton bounced a two-run single over the head of Heether

at third base to bring home both runners.

 

 

McClendon took a no-decision in his first start of the year for

Nashville. The right-hander allowed three runs on six hits over five

innings of work.

 

 

Tim Dillard worked two scoreless frames of relief for the Sounds before

rehabbing right-hander David Riske was greeted by pinch-hitter Michael

Restovich with a solo homer to lead off the eighth. The first-pitch

blast was the veteran's third of the season and made it a 4-0 contest.

 

 

Riske allowed one run on one hit, Restovich's homer, in his lone inning

of work. In five rehab outings for Nashville, the right-hander has

posted a 1.50 ERA (1er/6.0ip) with six strikeouts.

 

 

The Sounds finally got on the board in the eighth against Albuquerque

reliever Juan Perez. Josh Anderson drew a one-out walk and later scored

on team RBI leader Koshansky's two-out single to center. Nashville

left the bases loaded in the frame as Perez escaped the jam without

further damage by retiring Hopper on an inning-ending flyout.

 

 

Etherton worked seven innings of scoreless, four-hit ball in his start

for Albuquerque but took a no-decision due to the late blown save. The

right-hander struck out seven on the night.

 

 

The teams continue the series with another 7:05 p.m. meeting on

Wednesday night. Right-hander Mark Rogers, the Brewers' top selection in

the 2004 draft, will make his career Triple-A debut with a start for

the Sounds. Albuquerque will counter with left-hander Brent Leach (3-1,

4.99).

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(Mike Strasinger/Nashville Sounds)

Nashville box score

They've really been cardiac kids lately. This was McClendon's first start of the year; I'm impressed that he managed five innings. Heether was 1-4 with a walk. Olmedo singled and walked three times, and Trent Oeltjen had two hits and a walk.

 

Nashville play-by-play

[And That]

20 innings now for Kintzler and none of his peripherals are not ridiculously good. The Brewers need pitching help - methinks it is time to bump him to AAA to see what we've got.

 

Cain needs to be in AAA, too. No reason to let him OPS so high as a 24 year old in AA. Yes, I read the Power 50.

[DHonks]

Colby, any idea what Lamontage throws? He's been closing very well.

[battlekow]

Colby, any idea what Lamontage throws? He's been closing very well.

He touched 95 with his fastball the other night.

[YoungGeezy]

Good to see Heckathorn with a good outing.

 

What's the plan in Huntsville? Gamel and Green split time at 3rd

I think Gamel will get the majority for the short period that he is still there for. He has been hitting good and don't see him being there much longer. I haven't looked at the schedule but if they have a AL Affiliate coming up my guess would be a three man platoon at 3rd 2nd and DH between Gamel, Green, and Lawrie. I really like when Green gets a chance to play second because I think once he makes it to the majors he will play both quit a bit until he has a chance to settle into one of the 2.

[And That]

In his post-draft writeup, Patrick mentioned that in addition to his hard/straight fastball, Lamontagne throws a cutter/slider as a primary breaking pitch, and has also thrown a change.

[BrewCrewForever]

It's hard not to like our lower level pitching prospects (Odorizzi, Arnett, Heckathorn, Peralta, etc). Hopefully they can stay healthy and continue to learn and progress. Could have a nice rotation in 2012 or 2013.

 

Really looking forward to following Rogers first AAA start on Gameday tomorrow night. Hopefully he has a couple really nice starts and they just leave him at AAA. The way things are going, I wouldn't be surprised if we see Mark come September of this season in Milwaukee.

[battlekow]

Final: Huntsville 11, Mobile 2

Stars' offense explodes as they romp Mobile

Aaron Morse/Huntsville Stars

 

The Huntsville Stars (25-27) used a 10-run second inning to propel

themselves to an 11-2 victory over the Mobile BayBears (25-25) Tuesday

night at Joe Davis Stadium.

 

It was actually Mobile taking an

early 1-0 lead in the top of the first on a lead-off home run off the

bat of Collin Cowgill. One out later, starting pitcher Michael Bowman

was hit in the shin by a line drive and had to be removed from the game.

On came Donovan Hand (2-1), who would toss 5.2 innings of scoreless

baseball to get the win.

 

BayBears starter Bryan Shaw (1-5)

gave no indication he’d struggle as he sent the Stars down 1-2-3 in

their half of the first. Zelous Wheeler drew a lead-off walk and Drew

Anderson got the first hit of the game by singling to left. Taylor

Green, starting at second base to give Brett Lawrie a rare night off,

walked to load the bases. Lee Haydel singled home two and Sean McCraw,

getting a rare start, singled home Green to make the score 3-0.

 

But they were only getting started. Donovan Hand helped out his own

cause with a ringing double to center that plated Haydel and McCraw.

After Lorenzo Cain walked, Caleb Gindl joined the hitting party with a

single to left to drive home Hand. Mat Gamel, the ninth man to come to

the plate, singled to re-load the bases.

 

That would mercifully

signal the end of the day for Shaw as the BayBears brought in Bryan

Henry from the bullpen. He would get the first out of the inning when

Wheeler grounded out, but Cain scored on the play and the Stars had a

7-0 lead. After Anderson lined out, Green hit his second homer in as

many days as he blasted a three-run shot over the right field fence.

 

When the dust cleared it was 10-1 Stars. They would tack on one more

in the bottom of the sixth on a Gindl solo shot. Meanwhile, the

BayBears got one back off reliever Eddie Morlan in the seventh thanks to

a solo homer off the bat of Cyle Hankerd.

 

Everyone in the

Stars’ starting lineup tallied a hit and scored in a run in the game.

Green’s three RBI gives him nine over the past two days. Gindl, Gamel,

Anderson, and McCraw all tallied multi-hit games.

 

The Diamond

Jaxx and the Smokies also won Tuesday night so the Stars remain 5.5

games back in the north division.

 

They’ll send Daniel

Merklinger (2-1, 4.56 ERA in Brevard County) to the mound Wednesday for

his Double-A debut. First pitch is scheduled for 7pm central time.

Huntsville box score

Certainly hope Bowman's okay. Nice to see the Stars' bats partying like it's April for the second straight night. This was Green's first appearance at second base since 2007. Cain was 1-3 with two walks. Gamel's second hit was a double. Strange that Angel Salome didn't play after being activated; hopefully we'll see him tomorrow. Brandon Kintzler worked a scoreless 9th, allowing one hit and striking out two.

 

Huntsville play-by-play

[YoungGeezy]

Outside of DSL Brewers's leadoff hitter, 2b Younki Hernandez( 3 of 5 hits), ugly hitting day for you the international Baby Crew. Pascual 5 hits and 2 ER 0BB 4K's in 2 IP... I guess that is a positive sign for him? Have seen much worse lines from him in the past but i'll take it. Can't complain about 0 BB for the bonus baby.

[colbyjack]

I was pretty impressed the times I saw Lamontagne pitch with the T-Rats this year. He was throwing hard (I don't trust their stadium gun and I didn't take my own, but I'd say low-90s consistently) with a very sharp slider. Not surprising to hear he's touching the mid-90s as the weather warms up. He's a big fella too, in the same mold as Arnett and Heckathorn. I was pleased to see him get a bump up, Heckathorn should be next, and possibly even Odorizzi. The Brewers have done a better job in recent years not just drafting starters, but also taking a few projected relievers relatively early as well.

[battlekow]

Final: DSL Cardinals 5, DSL Brewers 2

DSL Brewers box score

2B Yonki Hernandez was 3-4 with a walk. SS Andres Martinez, 1B Hitaniel Arias, and OF Jose Pena were all hitless, but all walked twice. C Carlos Pena doubled and walked. LF Ronny Puello doubled in his only plate appearance. CF Jose R. Garcia had a tough day, 0-5 with four punch outs. Towering lefty Eliezer Montano allowed two runs (one earned) in four innings, surrendering one hit, four walks, and a hit batsman while striking out four. Righty Elvis Mora worked a scoreless 7th with a hit and two strikeouts in his pro debut.

 

DSL Brewers play-by-play

[DHonks]

Colby,

does he project as simply a reliever, or is he yet another of those T-Rat pitchers that was thrust into the pen due to their perceived depth at starting pitcher?

[Mass Haas]

The audio link via the Related Content section here has Stu Paul's call of Norris Hopper's game-winning infield hit.

[Mass Haas]

Jupiter Leaves 11 On Base in 6-1 Defeat

It took an inning for Bryan Evans to settle in, but once he did, the rust came off quickly. The same couldn't be said for the Hammerheads bats, which left 11 men on base in a 6-1 loss to Brevard County.

As if pitching at his third level in just seven days wasn't hard enough, rain pushed back Evans' first pitch by an hour and thirteen minutes. It didn't take nearly as long for Brevard to pounce, as the Manatees didn't hit into a non-sacrifice out until their #9 hitter. The first inning saw just about as many outcomes as there are in baseball: hits, walks, a hit-by-pitch, a reach on an error, an intentional walk, a sacrifice fly, a groundout and a strikeout. But the only outcome that truly matter are the four runs the Manatees scored that inning.

From there, however, Evans kept things quiet. After a ground-rule double to lead off the 2nd inning, the right-hander didn't give up a hit for another 16 batters, until Josh Prince's single led off the 7th inning.

Going into that frame, the score was still 4-1, with Jake Smolinski's double in the 1st inning setting him up to score on Ben Lasater's single. But Lasater wouldn't move beyond first base, the first of five straight innings in which the Hammerheads left a man on base. In fact, despite only having the one run to show for it, all nine Jupiter starters reached base.

But after that 7th inning began to get away from Evans, with Brevard chasing him to the tune of two more runs, Jupiter put together its most promising comeback attempt. After two quick outs, Brevard's Brandon Ritchie began to experience control issues. He hit catcher Jose Ceballos, tossed a wild pitch that allowed Ceballos to reach second, and then walked each of the next two batters to load the bases. But Smolinski couldn't keep the rally going, flying out to end the inning.

It would be a similar tale in the 8th and 9th innings for Jupiter. In each, wild pitches would advance runners into scoring position, but strikeouts would ensure no runs scored. In the 8th, again with two outs already gone, Chris Dunn singled and advanced, with Thomas Hickman walking behind him. Both would be stranded by Jeremy Synan's strikeout.

In the final frame, Ceballos actually got things started early, with a lead-off single. After a pop-out, he advanced on the wild pitch. But consecutive strikeouts by Daniel Pertusati and Smolinski would end the game, with the Hammerheads having left men on base in all but one inning, stranding six over the final three frames.

[Mass Haas]

Huntsville's audio calls from Tuesday night's 11-2 rout --

 

06/01/10 - HSV v MOB - Cowgill homer (0-1) - Haydel single (2-1) - McCraw single (3-1) - Hand double (5-1) - Gindl single (6-1) - Green homer (10-1) - Gindl homer (11-1) - Hankerd homer (11-2) - Final Out (11-2)